What better way to ring in the Chinese New Year then by beginning, or adding, to your coin collection with these novelty themed Lunar New Year coins and gold medallions from the Royal Canadian Mint. Right now, but only for a short while longer (as this offer expires on March 5th) you can receive free- shipping on all Lunar New Year themed coins.

The Mint usually only offers free-shipping on orders that exceed $100, but with most of these coins coming in well below that minimum, this offer on Lunar New Year coins is only becoming more and more enticing. You will have the choice of several styles and shapes of coins, in addition to the limited edition subscription to the Chinese Lunar Calendar Medallion Set. The medallion set, of which there will only be 8,888 full collections in circulation, will include 12 fan shaped gold medallions, plus one additional Buddha medallion. Each of these will feature an iconic zodiac animal that is plated in 24 karat gold, and will cost $29.95 for each new animal, except for you introductory sheep which will only cost $19.95.

You will also receive a complimentary $50 collector’s box for free, after you make your 5th payment for your medallion. You will also receive the Buddha medallion for free once you pay for your 12th medallion.

Ever wondered what it may be like to drive a train along the East Coast Main Line (ECML) in London, England? Within the most recent upgrade of the Train Simulator games, Train Simulator 2015: Steam Edition, you will no longer have to wonder what it is like to ride the ECML, or for that matter, a variety of other real life train rails from all around the world. The game, which normally retails for $60.99, is currently being sold as a computer download for just $9.15; that’s a price reduction of 85%!

In the 2015 Steam Edition of Train Simulator, you will have the choice of three different driving modes, including Career, Free Roam and Standard. You can control either your steam, diesel or electronic train using your mouse, keyboard and game pad controllers to simulate breaks, turning and a plethora of other realistic features.

This offer will only be around for a limited time, and if you want to add-on to your Train Simulator: Steam Edition game, you can purchase more content online.

Toys R Us Canada is currently selling a potty chair from the epitome of baby brands, Baby Bjorn, right now for half off the regular price. Normally, a Baby Bjorn Potty Chair would sell for $44.99 on Toys R Us Canada, but you can pick it up for just $22.47.

On comparable websites, this same model was being sold for sometimes as high as $53.25, while most of the other retailers, like Bed Bath and Beyond and Well.ca, were selling it for $39.99. The only other site that had a price that was comparable to Toys R Us’s, was Amazin.ca, but they were only offering the Baby Bjorn Potty Chair in red and blue at the price point of $22.47; the other colours (the white and green) were being sold for as high as $53.25.

And since Toys R Us also has a promo code available right now where you can save $10 off on your purchase of $40 or more, you could pick up two of these Baby Bjorn Potty Chairs for just $34.94. All you have to do is enter the code, CINEPLEXHOLIDAY, at the checkout and your order total of $44.94 will be brought down to $34.94, making each Baby Bjorn Potty Chair cost you just $17.47.

You will also receive free-shipping on this order from Toys R Us Canada, since they offer it on all orders that exceed $25.

7-11 Speak0ut Canada has an offer for new and existing cell phone users, where when you buy a $100 Speakout top-up purchase, and activate it before April 30th, 2015, you will receive a free Dual SIM Card plus a $25 bonus top-up. This is a limited time offer from 7-11 Speakout, and it cannot be combined with any other offer or discount.

Since 7-11 Speakout minutes are $0.25/minute, you will be receiving 100 extra minutes of airtime for free, plus you will also be receiving a free dual SIM card which can cost anywhere between $6.99-$29.99.

Home Outfitters Canada has a new coupon available that can save you an extra 20% off on any regular priced item when you shop in-store, and you can use any form of tender to claim your savings. You will have until March 8th to use this coupon, and you won’t be able to combine it with any other offer going on in-store or additional coupons.

You will more or less have your choice of the entire store, except for the following products and departments:

Dyson

Licensed departments

Saeco

All-Clad

Le Creuset

Smart Buys

Breville The Boss Blender

Jura

I would also suggest that you check out this week’s flyer from the Home Outfitters Canada, as they are having a massive bedroom event where you can save $300 on a queen mattress set by Beautysleep, plus 50%-60% off on all Home Studio or Sleepology pillows and duvets.

Starbucks Canada has brought out a new offer for their Rewards Program that, depending on your specific offer and membership, will provide you with bonus stars when you order a hand crafted espresso drink at a certain time of day.

For instance, one of the offers that they are sending out is for catered for members who, presumably get their coffee later in the day, as Starbucks is trying to draw you in a bit earlier by offering you a bonus star when you come in before 11am.

On the other end of the spectrum, for those Starbucks Rewards members who are more prone to coming in earlier in the day (such as myself), you will receive 2 bonus stars when you come in after 2pm and order a hand crafted espresso drink. There are perhaps more offers like these ones circulating around, where you will sip and earn bonus stars if you come in at a set time of day and order an espresso drink, but they will all be expiring on the same day: March 9th.

There are now only 11 days left in the 12 days of deals sale at Dell Canada online, and though some of yesterday’s deals may no longer be with us (*tear) there is a fresh new lineup of markdowns to fill those empty slots.

The final days of the 12 days of deals sale will be on March 13th, but Dell will, like I said, continue to change the lineup of deals with each new day. For instance, in today’s deals they have added the Dell Portable Backup Hard Drive 1TB and have reduced it to being just $69.99; this is a $45 price reduction from the original retail value of $114.99.

Some of the other deals from yesterday’s lineup are still available, like the one’s that I mentioned in yesterday’s post about the Dell monitors. In today’s selection, there are some other product deals that I would like to draw your attention to, such as:

As we mentioned before on the Smart Canucks blog, we were going to keep an eye on the updated coupons that become available with P&G Everyday Coupons so that you can always be in the know of what common household brands you could be saving cash on.

Here’s a sampling of some of the recently added coupons to the P&G Everyday Coupon portal:

save $1.50 on any 2 Herbal Essences, Aussie, or Vidal Sassoon product

save $1.50 on any 1 Secret deodorant

save $1 on Pampers Diapers or 1 Training Pants

save $1 on Covergirl Mascara

save $2 on any 1 NyQuil/NyQuil Complete or DayQuil/DayQuil Complete

save $0.50 on any 1 Tide, Downy, Gain or Bounce Fabric Care

save $2 on any 2 Crest or Glide product

save $2 on any 1 Always Discreet Underwear

save $1 on any 1 Duracell Battery Pack

save $2 on any 1 Swiffer Starter Kit

save $0.50 on any 1 Tide Simply Clean & Fresh

save $1 on any 1 Tide Pods or Gain Flings product

save $2 on any 1 Cascade ActionPacs and 1 Dawn

save $2 on any 1 Bounty 6 Rolls and Charmin 12 Rolls or more

Remember the P&G Everyday only offers print-at-home coupons, and will not mail out coupons to you.

Mark’s Canada wants to outfit your feet for spring in some hot new casual pieces of footwear. To do so, they are currently running an offer until March 16th that when you buy one pair of either men’s or women’s casual footwear, you will receive your second pair (of equal or lesser value, of course) for free. The shoes that are part of this offer will be demarcated with text below them that indicates that they are included.

You will have your choice of more rugged winter-esque looking boots, but seeing as spring is on our doorstep, I figured it would be nice to pick out a couple of more seasonally appropriate boots. For instance, this pair of Clarks Bushacre Chukka Boots are made of a lightweight beeswax leather, giving them the kind of breathability you require for the warmer months. Plus, they are currently on clearance sale for just $64.88.

Being sold at the same price point of $64.88, are these women’s Denver Hayes Hannah Leather Zip Ankle Boots which are stylish enough to kick your spring outfits up a notch or two. The leather on these boots has also been treated with Duraguard, which is basically a sealant that guarantees long-lasting wear on your boots.

The discount of the ‘buy one, get one free’ is automatically applied to your total when you add both of your chosen items to your cart. For instance, if you were to buy both these pairs of boots from Mark’s, the Denver Hayes ankle boots and the Clarks desert boots, then you would only have to pay $64.88. This discount would then make each pair of boots cost you just $32.44, or rather 50% off the discounted price.

You’ll perhaps remember a while back when we posted about the hidden Save.ca coupon portal at Walmart Canada, where you can pick up some hidden offerings from Save.ca that otherwise may not be available to you through your regular Save.ca account. Well we’re here to remind you that, if you haven’t already, then you should go to the Walmart Coupon Portal and register with Walmart so you can begin cashing in on these hidden gems (remember, your Save.ca account will not work on the Walmart Coupon Portal).

Some of the deals going on right now at Walmart’s Coupon Portal are:

$1 off Arm & Hammer Laundry Detergent

$1 off Kleenex Brand Bundle Pack

$5 off on any Benefibre

$1 off on any A Taste of Thai product

$1 off on Kandoo Flushable Wipes

$1.50 off on Dulcolax

$1 off on Arm & Hammer toothpaste

$3 off on Otrivin Saline Severe Congestion Relief (100mL)

$1 off on any 1 package of Truvia Sweetener or baking blend

$1 off on any Arm & Hammer Spinbrush

save $0.50 on any Baby Gourmet product

save $1 off on Hormel Snack Tray

$3 off on Aleve Liquid Gels

You will have the option to either print-out at home or have your coupons mailed to your home, whichever option you prefer!

Every week, VIA Rail Canada rounds up the best deals on sleeper class and economy class fares so that you can save big on last minute trips around the country. This week’s collection of deals does not differ from VIA Rail’s ‘discount Tuesday’ trend, as you can see from the listed fares on select sleeper class tickets departing from Toronto and arriving all over the country.

Some of the fares for sleeper class tickets are being sold for close to 50% off the regular price, with one-way fares from Toronto to Saskatoon costing as little as $343. While the sale for these fares are advertised to last until midnight tonight, a lot of the tickets will sell out well before then (as you can tell from how few remain as of this posting).

There is an awesome collection of clearance items for sale at Walmart Canada right now, where you can save up to 75% off on designer and celebrity fragrance gift sets. Plus, there are some even better mark-downs to be found on some of your go-to favourite personal care items from brands like Nivea, Dove, Garnier Fructis and much more!

While most of the sets listed below were still available online at Walmart.ca as of this posting, a lot of the sets had already sold out of stock, so I wouldn’t be surprised if these sets didn’t last for much longer either!

Flower Fragrance Discovery Set, now just $4.75 (was $19)

Flower Fragrance Classic Set CHERISHED, now just $4.75 (was $19)

Taylor Swift Wonderstruck 2 Piece Gift Set, now just $6 (was $24)

Nicki Minaj Pink Friday 3 Piece Gift Set, now just $6 (was $24)

Justin Bieber The Key 30ml 3 Piece Gift Set, now just $8.50 (was $34)

The selection of individual items that you can pick from is much more varied, and you will perhaps have better luck finding certain items in-store rather than online, but for those of you who prefer online shopping here’s a round up of some of the discounts available:

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What is more exciting than free ice cream?! Mark this date in your calendar because you are not going to want to forget about this event at Dairy Queen Canada. This year Dairy Queen Canada is celebrating their 75th year by offering free ice cream cones this March the 16th!

They will be offering their signature vanilla cone for free at participating locations, with a limit of one cone per person. The cone will be the small size.

March 16th is a Monday in case you were wondering, and if you do plan on heading to Dairy Queen Canada for your free small vanilla cone, be prepared for line ups and a bit of a wait. I have a feeling this is going to be a popular offer.